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Yesterday CDProjektRED, developers of The Witcher series, released a teaser CGI trailer for their already announced project CyberPunk 2077. It's pretty cool, albeit gives us no insight in to the game play itself. But that's not what this news is about. Within the trailer CDProjektRED threw in some great little easter eggs and spoilers amongst all the static. One of which is a rather lengthy message, picked up on Reddit by hotweels258, that reads:

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Do you like our latest creation? We certainly hope so! :) You may remember that we sometimes send you guys secret messages like this. It's a great way for us to speak right to you instead of burying ourselves in corporate mumbo jumbo, so let's begin!

First of all--have you noticed all the details in our teaser (Yes, it's a teaser. We'll make a proper trailer in the future)? If you know the Cyberpunk setting, there are some things you can spot, like implants--look for the weapon hands and the real skin -- corporate emblems that should look familiar, and more. Happy hunting!

You're probably curious about the release. It's currently scheduled a way off in 20(14,15,16?) but in truth the delivery date is more like "when it's done". We will release Cyberpunk to you when we're convinced it is nothing but pure, refined, unadulterated awesome. We want it to be the most kick ass futuristic RPG ever-- OK, maybe this sounds pretty bully, but it is our actual goal! You judge if we deliver it!

Oh--And you may wonder why we announced our game so early before the release. The reason is that we're still building our Dev team, so if you are a talented dude or dudette, willing to work in a really different company (gamers rule & boring corporate stuff drools) on a single ambitious project, send us your application right now! careers@cdprojectred.com

So, you want to know what kind of game Cyberpunk 2077 will be? The short description is that it will be a story-heavy, nonlinear, open world RPG based on the well known Cyberpunk pen&paper system and setting. Building open world games is something we are mastering right now, and we believe (misspelled in trailer, heh) that properly joining nonlinear gameplay with an excellent story telling will bring a totally new quality. Hmm.. we'll tell some more about it soon!

And that's not all that's new, we are about to reveal our other project, which is much closer to being completed and yes, it will also be a fully open-world game with an intense story. You can probably guess the game we're talking about - on the 5th of February it will all be clear.

So stay tuned as we will have quite a lot to show and tell you soon!We are waiting for you on our newly created forum called afterlife--what other name could we have chosen for it? :)CD Project Red Team

So not only do we know that Cyberpunk 2077 is going to be an open world, non-linear futuristic RPG, but CDProjektRED are actually working on a second project, due out sooner that Cyberpunk 2077, that I think we can all safely assume to be The Witcher 3. But not only that, it's going to be open-world. If you're not excited about this, I don't know why. A Skyrim/Two Worlds/Gothic type experience set in The Witcher universe and made by arguable one of the best and most respectable developers of contemporary times? You know, the developers who release their game then get straight to work patching out all the bugs they can find, redoing any work that needs touching up and releasing it all as a mega patch, for free, rather than focusing on DLC? What's not to like?

I'm putting this on all the Nexus sites for RPGs and open world games, because if you haven't looked in to The Witcher series it's about time you did. You have time to play through the first two games so once the third comes out you're ready. And what's more, the SDK that's currently in closed beta for The Witcher 2 should be due out in the not too distant future. The future seems bright for this awesome series, and you should get on board.